The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-10

great brown monument, the inscriptions
upon which tell you that here lies the
famous Captain James Lawrence, the
hero of the Chesapeake Shannon figt
of 1872, and author OF the renowned
speech, Don't give up the ship" his
faTorite lieutenant, killed in the same
battle, hes beside him, and sometime
afterward the commanders wife was
brought 10 repose in the same vault.
Entering the vestibule of the church
snd passing out a. the oppoiite side, ar d
you are in the midst Of the burial plat e
of the fathers OF the Revolutionary
fathers. Here the dead we're brought
when. New York was no more than halt
the size, or importance, of Salt Lake, al d
If all the ssanting and weather-worn
tombstones could be deciphered, many
name that has figured in the stirring
events of the past century would doubt
less be revealed. But upon the great
majority only the faintest tracings re
main; some are worn until they are
Bile. upon few, the quaint old
Dutch names met 80 often in
Washington Irving, are still legiole;
scraps of such dates as 1712, 1902. 1880,
i743. etc., may be plainly seen; odd
snstches of old-fashioned poetry OF the
devotional sort are frequently encoun-
tered, and one of the most frequent
spectacles is that of the visitor with
pencil and note book transferring some
of the ancient rhymes to his paper. 1t
is of course years upon years since
any interments were made here
many attempts have been made to buy
off the church and turn the place into
sccord With its commercial surround
ings, put. fortunately Trinity's wealth
places her beyond temptation, and
the cid church yard is preserved as one
of the landmarks OF original New YORK.
II GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
The same day we crossed over the
great miracle of modern engineering,
the Brooklyn Bridge. and taking g
J carriage drove through that burial
placssof modern renown. Greenwood
cemetery. In this great capital of the
country's dead, 100000 people lie Sleep
inq. il is with none of the sadness
| that surrounds death. however, that
ono masses through Greenwood. Like
| the Great preacher who was so recently
hronpht here TO his final rest. it halls
rbe DESTROYER with garlapds OF flowers,
and robs him of his terrors with q snil-
irc-front. Rolling hills, grassy slopes,
covered with the elm, the cypress, the
cs6sT the willow and the evergreen /;
everywhere the wearing Of the s-een;'
ciearIa of water, IN which myrlads
81 cold fish disport; walks snd drives
forming net work among the graves
benches and resting places under me
shade: eyrrywh. re an entire calm, ard
in summer the incense OF flowers; these
are The sights that make OF GreenWC od
. heaven. where the living SIS wen as
the dead, may Zee for respite lfom
the conflicts OF lie. 1899
Greenwood was incorporated N 1ooo
nv Horace Greedy. 1t is still Owned ny
Wealthy stock company, which sens
rts lots 70 s0cn IS can afford 70 Do
hurled in them. It must Dc ~ In
xaanseIy paving institution. 1t con-
s;sts of 800 acres. about fifty OF Nhlch
yet vet remain 10 be sold. So much mas
haan written of the tombs OF me
notable buried in Greenwood tnas
shall not intren sh upon your space py
Iinoering long amid them Fe Passeo
The receiving vault. huge teom IN the
Hillside. where the body OF bsecher Eas
then living, and drove BY h1nereos o.